PPT-1945-1952 Truman and the Cold War

Postwar America Strong economy By 1950s America had the highest standard of living GIBill Opened door to veterans to attend college Baby Boom explosion of marriagebirth By 1960 13 of married women worked outside of home. Do Nagasaki and Hiroshima constitute a crime against humanity?. Fourth Geneva Convention (1949) prohibits the unlawful killing of civilians during wartime.. Between 150,000-240,000 civilians died as a result of both bombs, another 2,000 died later in Hiroshima from cancers that could be directly traced to the radiation emitted by the blast.. Objective 4.5: . Consider the involvement of the USA in Vietnam from 1950 to . 1973. Warm-Up . : . Class Review—Truman . Doctrine. Read the following excerpt from the Truman Doctrine…. I believe that it must be policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures…I believe that we must assist peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way…The free peoples of the world look to us for support in maintaining their freedoms. . Harry S Truman. 33. rd. President of the United States. . Birth and Childhood. Born on May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri. Born to John and Martha Truman. Grew up on his grandparents’ farm in Grandview. The Cold War,. 1945–1952. Part One:. Introduction. . Chapter Focus Questions . What were the prospects for world peace at the end of World War II?. What was the diplomatic policy during the Cold War?. ~ 1945 – 1952 ~. Postwar Economic Anxieties. Americans feared another depression would hit after the war.. After the war inflation shot up with the release of price controls while gross national product sank, and labor strikes swept the nation.. Summary. The Cold War and the danger of nuclear war define international affairs, especially after the Korean War. Fear of communism in the U.S. leads to accusations against innocent citizens.. SECTION 1. Chapter 26 AMSCO. Themes. Containment. Communism. UN. Nuclear Proliferation. Introduction. WWII. Isolationist to military superpower, world affairs leader. Revitalized American Economy. Cold War. Democratic United States vs. Communist Soviet Union. Explain the point of view of the cartoon. Chapter 36: . The Cold War Begins. (the “grim struggle for world power between the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. in the post World War II world”). How did the United States and the Soviet Union become Cold War adversaries?. Both sides knew that a real “WW3”, a nuclear war, would be unwinnable.. However the Cold War had many characteristics of an actual war:. Arms race . (when countries compete to have the most effective armed forces). 11-3: Fear of Communism & the Wars it Leads To. Warm-Up. Describe America’s greatest fear leading into the 1950’s?. 1 . Paragraph:. What?. Why?. 1.) Warm-Up!!. The Korean War. During WW2-. Korea owned by Japan. If your cold emails do not match these standards then yes, you’ve got to go back and revise them. Yes, that’s a pain, but at least you’ll know what to do the next time around. Origins of the Cold War – . #8 Kennan’s Long Telegram & Containment. Developed by a young diplomat and State Department Soviet specialist, George F. Kennan. The Long . Telegram (1946) . was widely circulated within U.S. bureaucracy. Nonetheless, the transition from wartime allies to enemies was not inevitable and was, in part, the result of the events and decisions of these years. Acting out of their perceived national interest, both the United States and the Soviet Union favoured the creation of two opposing blocs, competing for influence over a devastated European continent. By the end of 1947, the initial hopes that the Allies could continue to cooperate peacefully had been replaced by a vision of two political and social systems fundamentally at odds, and engaged in a struggle for global supremacy.. --US Businessman Bernard Baruch, 1947. The Start of the Cold War. As One War Ends…A New One Begins. By the end of 1945, with the Second World War over, tensions between the Allies (United States and the Soviet Union) were already apparent. The situation only grew more tense the follow year. In 1946, the following occurred:.